weigh-in and weekend

Weighed in and lost another 1.4 pounds. I was on a roll, people! LOL 3 weeks of losing down, and more than I can count, to go. Saturday night I went out and ate too much though. I bowled, so does that count for burning calories??? I'm a sweet drinker. As in, no beer for me, give me girlie drinks. Apparently my stomach can't handle the sweetness anymore. Or at least not as fast as I was expecting it to be accepted! Drink #3 and #4 had my stomach protesting... not the puking kinda protesting, but my tummy was telling me to STOP...lol Ate way too much and way too frequently. I was thinking though that as long as I got to the gym Sun-Thurs, I'd be good to go. My plans always have to be ruined! Monday morning Matt slept on the bus before school and I thought to check his head, because he was complaining of a headache. Guess what? No gym for me! 102 fever, straight home. No gym. Today, had to keep him home for the mandatory "24 hrs fever free" thing they demand from school. Which means..... no gym for 2 whole days! Eating has been halfway crappy. With being home, the snacks are more available. Trying not to give up on the whole week though. Matt is back to school tomorrow, and with my fingers crossed that there will not be another sick child, my ass will be at the gym all morning! I'm down 4.6 pounds in the last three weeks, and I'm not going to step on the scale this Saturday and see it all back. Hope everyone's having a great week!

weekly weigh-in

So, to keep things short, I lost 2.6 pounds at weigh-in Saturday. I was extremely happy for a few reasons. #1, that I actually lost weight. #2, that if you really follow the WW plan, you'll lose weight. #3, that I put away my scale on Wednesday night, forcing myself to not cheat and to trust the the plan works! #4, that I've made it into the 180's once again. I was getting way too close to 200 again. We had the option during our meeting to share with the group our total weightloss. While at the meeting I stick with my total loss while at WW, and looked in my book and it said 34 lbs. It didn't seem right since my highest was 60 lbs lost, but went with it for the moment. Plus that fact that I'm only up a little under 20 lbs from my lowest. So I spend some time on Saturday going through my 4 weigh-in books and calculating. Turns out my book is off by 10 lbs! I've really lost 44 pounds on WW and not 34 lbs. Made me feel much better! For the life of me though, I can't figure out where in the book it went wrong. Regardless, I'm feeling very positive lately. With spring, not to mention warmer temps coming up, I'm determined to fit into my old spring clothes. And I know I can make it back into the 170's by summer. Anyway, this endedu p being not so short, so I'm going for now, but I'll be back more to post soon!

Tough Weigh-in

Saturday was a tough day for me which is why I haven't updated until now. I think I mentioned how I bought a new WW digital scale and how it was showing I weighed 5 pounds more than my dial scale. So last week, it was showing me down a few pounds so I though I was doing good. I went to weigh-in and the scale there showed me weighing the same exact thing, which is a good thing in the long run, but the week before it had been off. So I went all week thinking I lost a few pounds and in reality I lost less than 1 pound...... .8 to be exact. I wasn't the happiest camper because of that but after my sister weighed and lost 2 pounds I started tearing up. I know everyone's body is different but she had done worse last week food wise than I had! And...she weighs 30 pounds less than I, so it should have been harder for her to lose the weight.So regardless, I ended up leaving the meeting and had a personal pity party in the bathroom bawling my eyes out! I don't know why it was getting to me... I mean, I had lost weight, I can't always lose alot. But it hurt so much to know I had done so well that week, and barely lost a thing! So to make a long story short, the leader had noticed my earlier escape and pulled me aside after the meeting. She gave me a pep talk which really helped, and so far this week I'm doing really well with points. I know from Saturday, exactly how many points I've used each day, and still as of today have used less than half of my flexpoints. The thing is.... I know I can lose the weight. I've done it before. Just because I'm up 20 pounds doesn't mean I can't lose it again, but what a pain in the neck! I think I've learned my lesson. Also, I think my water retention has alot to do with it. I tried making an appt today with the Dr. for it, but I called during lunch and didn't have another chance so I'll be doing that tomorrow. I'm going to demand that the Dr. do more testing to find the underlying problem of my water retention. Its just not normal to have swelling all the time. And in the last year or so its gotten worse. I used to have minimal swelling in the winter, but nowadays I have noticeable swelling even if I've drank 10 glasses of water! I'm also going to demand that I be put on a stronger diuretic until a (hopeful) diagnosis can be made. I know that I have no heart problems and my kidneys are in working order so I don't know what else it could be, but its the Dr.'s job to figure it out. If I can get the swelling under control that'll be half of the weight I've gained and then the last extra 10 pounds won't be so bad. Anyway..... I've rambled enough. I'm still riding the weightloss train and WILL eventually get to goal!

Fresh start

That's what I wrote on top of today's food journal page. I haven't been doing horrible with eating, but on Saturday night I ate at the buffet at the casino and had a few drinks. Didn't do bad on Sunday, considering I had a nauseous tummy (prob from the drinking!) Had a tiny little run-in with girlscout cookies last night, and I wrote them down but lost count of how many I ate! LOL These days I eat 24 points a day. Because of the cookie incident, I gave myself 20 points today, and went to the gym twice! Did treadmill this morning, burning 210 calories. Limited myself to only meals throughout the day. (I seem to get carried away with the snacks) Ate dinner (whole wheat spaghetti with roma tomatoes and parmesan...yummy) Went back to the gym and burned an additional 170 calories on the treadmill and 320 calories on the elliptical. Therefore, I technically earned 7 activity points, which I did not eat, and ate 4 less points for the day. So, hopefully, I'm back on track! I dug out my favorite pair of jean capris, tried them on, realized they're way too tight to even wear, and hung them up in front of my closet for motivation. I really,really want to be able to fit into them this spring. Which doesn't give me much time to lose the extra weight. Anyway, that was a total rant, and I should probably head to bed, so I hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!

A sure way NOT to eat

Last night around 10 pm, I realized that I had court today. For the last week, I've thought it was Tuesday and Chris was planning on going with me, and I had let work know so I could go. (Not that I have a choice) Which means that I have to face "him" alone which I'm scared shitless about. Chris has to be to work this morning and the only other person available is my sister, but she wants to sleep in and not spend all day in court. Nice, huh? I know I haven't let many people know really whats going on but I have a restraining order against my ex and he filed papers against me for contempt for child visitation. I know its retaliation and that I haven't done a thing wrong but doesn't make this day any easier. What's weird is that I was never "served" papers, but received a court calendar in the mail. So who knows if I even need to be there or not. But I'm going, and worst case scenario (or best case) is that I have to turn around and head home. Otherwise, on the diet front, I gained .6 pounds at Saturday weigh-in. I bought a new WW digital scale and the damn thing isn't accurate. It said all week that I was 5 pounds MORE than I really was, but I threw away the packaging so I'm stuck with it. Good thing about court is that I can't snack. I've been OP all week so far, and I'll get another down today. Not that I could eat anyway, since I'm so nauseous. Anyway, hopefully everyone has a great week and wish me luck!!!